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• Apple Loses Appeals Bid for Samsung Sales Ban

  

  A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected Apple request to revive its bid for a sales ban on Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smartphone.

• UPDATE 2-Apple loses a U.S. appeals bid in Samsung patent fight

  SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 31- A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected Apple Inc's request to revive its bid for a sales ban on Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smartphone, dashing the iPhone maker's attempt to recover crucial leverage in the global patent wars.

• Smartphone cases- Built to survive drops, floods - and lawsuits?

  Smartphones themselves are at the heart of a global patent fight, with Apple Inc battling South Korean giant Samsung Electronics Co over the design of the iPhone and iPad. More than 100 million Apple and Samsung phones were shipped in the most recent quarter, making for more demand.

• UPDATE 1-U.S. appeals court denies Apple in Samsung patent fight

  SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 31- A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected Apple Inc's request to revive its bid for a sales ban on Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smartphone, dashing the iPhone maker's attempt to recover crucial leverage in the global patent wars.

• EU may challenge more firms over patent lawsuits-Almunia

  BRUSSELS, Jan 30- EU regulators are considering charging more firms with anti-competitive practices in using injunctions to prevent rivals using their patents rather than negotiating fair fees, a month after taking action against Samsung Electronics, the EU's antitrust chief said on Wednesday.

• UPDATE 1-U.S. court rejects Apple's bid to raise damages in Samsung case

  Jan 30- A U.S. federal court has ruled Samsung Electronics Co did not willfully infringe on some of Apple Inc's patents and denied a request by the U.S. technology giant to raise damages awarded to it in its legal fight against the South Korean firm, court documents showed.

• U.S. court rejects Apple's bid to raise damages in Samsung case

  SEOUL, Jan 30- A U.S. court has ruled that Samsung Electronics Co did not willfully infringe on some of Apple Inc's patents and denied a request by the U.S. firm to raise patent damages awarded to it in its legal dispute against the South Korean firm, a court ruling showed on Wednesday.

• UPDATE 1-US ITC to review Apple patent complaint against Samsung

  WASHINGTON, Jan 23- A U.S. trade panel that specializes in patent disputes will review a potentially key decision in the patent fight between Samsung Electronics and Apple Inc over smartphones and tablets.

• US ITC remands part of Apple's patent complaint against Samsung

  WASHINGTON, Jan 23- A U.S. trade panel that specializes in patent disputes will review an agency judge's decision that Samsung Electronics violated Apple patents to make smartphones and tablets, and sent part of the dispute back to the judge, the International Trade Commission said on Wednesday.

• Kraft makes a federal case over cookie packaging

  Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC, a subsidiary of Mondelez International, sued Kellogg Co's North American unit on Wednesday claiming the food maker improperly uses one of its patents to keep Keebler and Sandies cookies fresh. Michael Mitchell, a spokesman for Mondelez, declined to comment.

• UPDATE 1-Kodak patent sale plan gets U.S. bankruptcy court approval

  *$525 mln sale expected to let Kodak emerge from bankruptcy this year. NEW YORK, Jan 11- Eastman Kodak Co's proposed $525 million sale of its digital imaging patents to Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corp got a bankruptcy judge's approval on Friday, bringing the photography innovator a step closer to exiting Chapter 11..

• Kodak patent sale plan gets U.S. bankruptcy court approval

  *$525 mln sale expected to let Kodak emerge from bankruptcy this year. NEW YORK, Jan 11- Eastman Kodak Co's proposed $525 million sale of its digital imaging patents to Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corp got approval from a bankruptcy judge on Friday, bringing the photography company a step closer to exiting Chapter 11..

• Google Drops Key Patent Claims Against Microsoft

  

  Google unit Motorola Mobility has asked a trade panel to drop two key patents from an infringement complaint that it filed against Microsoft.

• Google drops key patent claims against Microsoft

  WASHINGTON, Jan 9- Google unit Motorola Mobility has asked a trade panel to drop two key patents from an infringement complaint that it filed against Microsoft, according to a filing at the International Trade Commission.

• US Justice Dept against most sales bans for infringing key patents

  WASHINGTON, Jan 8- Companies that own a key patent, such as those that ensure mobile and other electronic devices work together, should be allowed to win sales bans as a punishment for infringement only in rare, very specific cases, the Justice Department and U.S.

• Eli Lilly CEO 'Saw Patent Cliff Coming' 

  

  John Lechleiter, Chairman, President & CEO of Eli Lilly, discusses why he expects profits to rise this year despite a wave of patent expirations.

• ANALYSIS-Apple bid for Samsung sales ban faces skeptical court

  *Appeals court opinion limits Apple leverage in patent war. *Apple asked court to revisit ruling, needs 5 yes votes. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 7- Apple Inc faces long odds in its attempt to overturn an U.S. appeals court ruling that threatens to undermine its smartphone patent war against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd..

• Google pact with FTC could affect other patent disputes

  NEW YORK, Jan 6- While the focus of last week's agreement between the Federal Trade Commission and Google Inc was search, the deal's restrictions on how Google uses its patents could have a broader impact on the technology industry.

• UPDATE 1-Apple to drop patent claims against new Samsung phone

  Apple disclosed the agreement in a filing on Friday in U.S. District Court in San Jose, California.

• Apple agrees to drop patent claims against new Samsung phone

  Apple disclosed the agreement in a filing on Friday in U.S. District Court in San Jose, California.